Research Article
Bacterial Infections across the Ants: Frequency and Prevalence of Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Asaia
Table 1
Wolbachia, Spiroplasma, and Asaia detected by 454 amplicon pyrosequencing across 310 ant samples.
| Ant genus and subfamily |
Species screened |
Individuals screened |
Colonies screened |
Number (and percent) of infected species and number of individuals/colonies | Wolbachia | Spiroplasma | Asaia |
| Camponotus (Formicinae) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 (100%) 1/1 | 0 | Cephalotes (Myrmicinae) | 7 | 17 | 12 | 4 (57.1%) 4/4 | 2 (28.5%) 6/3 | 1 (14.3%) 1/1 | Crematogaster (Myrmicinae) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 (16.7%) 1/1 | 0 | 0 | Myrmecia (Myrmeciinae) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Myrmecocystus (Formicinae) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Oecophylla (Formicinae) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paraponera (Paraponerinae) | 1 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 (100%) 2/2 | 1 (100%) 1/1 | Polyrhachis (Formicinae) | 32 | 64 | 60 | 8 (25.0%) 10/10 | 15 (46.9%) 15/15 | 0 | Pseudomyrmex (Pseudomyrmecinae) | 36 | 88 | 72 | 5 (13.9%) 5/5 | 5 (13.9%) 5/5 | 12 (33.3%) 15/15 | Solenopsis (Myrmicinae) | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 (50%) 1/1 | 2 (100%) 2/1 | 0 | Tetraponera (Pseudomyrmecinae) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 (33.3%) 2/2 | 1 (16.7%) 1/1 | 0 |
| Total | 95 | 221 | 176 | 21 (22.1%) | 27 (28.4%) | 14 (14.7%) |
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